Tom's Farm, Rhyader

[yaki]

Took a trip there last Sunday with the South Wales Pajero Off Road Club.

Its outside of Rhyader, no website or phone number, £20- per driver cash only and you are then free to explore.

It is open to bikes, quads and 4x4's, it is a huge site with lots of mud, ruts tracks, climbs, very muddy, very very muddy and 'you have got to be completely nuts' muddy bits, streams, shale and gravel climbs etc etc etc

It is not very well maintained and very busy but you can basically do what you want while there

One day is probably not enough to get round it all.

03056 78745 on MM, Cwmderw Farm

[bikerbarney]

yep very good site

went there years ago with me tricked up disco

but you are right a very muddy MAD site

but sooooo much fun

[Drift]

Toms Farm has a dubious reputation in the 4x4 offroading world, as in its a bit of a wild site that is totally unregulated and there have been regular reports of people in 4x4's and on dirt bikes flying around in the evening drunk while camping there.
Of course not all people are like this but the minority make it a very dangerous place.
We the FOG Team are writing this from information gleaned from other 4x4 sites.

A while ago the owner of this farm was convicted and given a suspended jail sentence for animal cruelty.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2006594.stm

http://www.sirgar.gov.uk/index.asp?locI ... ocID=11836

FOG will not be holding any official events at this venue.

Please read the links and let your conscience decide, before handing this man your money.

FOG Administration and Moderating Team

[yaki]

Thanks for the info Drift, the animal cruelty charges we were not aware of and if we were would not have handed over the cash

The dubious reputation I can understand, it was an interesting place, tbh the 4x4's we saw were all driving sensibly as were most of the bikes, but there were a few bikes around the entrance that were showing little regard for others safety but once in the farm itself it was fine.

Pity really as with a bit more management this would be a superb place to go

[Sir-Doris]

Toms Farm has a dubious reputation in the 4x4 offroading world, as in its a bit of a wild site that is totally unregulated and there have been regular reports of people in 4x4's and on dirt bikes flying around in the evening drunk while camping there.

Of course not all people are like this but the minority make it a very dangerous place.

We the FOG Team are writing this from information gleaned from other 4x4 sites.



A while ago the owner of this farm was convicted and given a suspended jail sentence for animal cruelty.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2006594.stm



http://www.sirgar.gov.uk/index.asp?locI ... ocID=11836



FOG will not be holding any official events at this venue.



Please read the links and let your conscience decide, before handing this man your money.



FOG Administration and Moderating Team

Wont be going there!